Unlike tales of sunken treasure laden with gold and gems, this modest 14-meter Greek merchant vessel carried a more humble cargo: nearly 400 amphorae filled ...

A spokesman for St. Peter’s Basilica has said the ancient tradition of devotion to Veronica’s Veil and to the Holy Face of Jesus is a sign of hope and an invitation to return to the essentials in a ...

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a ...

Or so one would think, looking at the current art scene. But a new and fascinating archeological finding shows that this has ...

New Greek and Roman archaeological discoveries including a funerary building, portraits, mummies, and statues were made in Fayoum, Egypt.

In addition to smelling wonderful, Greco-Roman statues were also brightly colored ... “it is now recognized as an established fact that ancient artworks whether in wood, terracotta or stone, were ...

painted in vibrant colors. Now, a researcher says there's another aspect to these statues to consider: how they smelled.

Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were not just experienced ... Previous research has shown that these statues were painted and sometimes decorated with jewelry and textiles, she writes.